“Blessed are the pure in heart: for they
shall see God.” Matt. 5:8
The Pure of Heart are those who have no other wish than for
perfection, no other joy than victory over the evil which hunts us down on
every side. He who has his heart crammed with furious desires, with earthly
ambitions, with carnal pride and with all the lusts which convulse this
ant-heap of the earth, can never see God face to face, will never know the
sweetness of His magnificent pleasure and blessedness.
Oxymoron-Realistic
Visionaries. The pardon of sin means a new vision of God. "Pure in heart" means much more than cleanness; we have
wholeness, the undivided heart, and the heart that is utterly and absolutely
loyal. This is the expression toward the King of the mercifulness described. "They shall see God."
No man can see God but only the appearance of Him as many did in the
OT [Exod. 3:6]. The Father can be seen in Christ. It is attainable only by
being detached from self-centered desires of the senses and by being on fire
with love.
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